Man dies in snowmobile crash east of Cobourg

One person is dead following a snowmobile crash in Alnwick/Haldimand Township, east of Cobourg, on Saturday morning.

Emergency services were called to an unmaintained road between Wilson Drive and Scots Line in the Township around 5 a.m.

One adult male was transported to Northumberland Hills Hospital in Cobourg, where he was pronounced dead.

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OPP were also investigating damage to another snowmobile along the same unmaintained road approximately one kilometre away.

It’s unknown if the two incidents are related. Members of the OPP technical traffic collision investigators were on-scene investigating both incidents.

On Monday afternoon, OPP identified the victim as 58-year-old William (Bill) Finlay of Alnwick/Haldimand Township.

A post-mortem examination was scheduled in Toronto on Monday, OPP said.